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Saudi Arabia set to host Asian Winter Games at Neom “in the heart of the desert”

October 5, 2022 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Saudi Arabia has announced that it has won the right to host the 2029 Asian Winter Games at its Trojena resort, which is being designed by Zaha Hadid Architects, UNStudio, Aedas, LAVA and Bureau Proberts as part of the Neom development. The 2029 Asian Winter Games will be hosted at a 60-square-kilometre skiing and outdoor activity resort

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Coventry City creates trio of Coventry Cathedral football kits to mark building’s 60th anniversary

September 12, 2022 Tom Ravenscroft 0

English team Coventry City will play this season in football kits that were informed by the city’s Basil Spence-designed cathedral, which was consecrated in 1962. Designed by sports brand Hummel, the club’s home, away and third kits, as well as the goalkeeper shirts, for the 2022/2023 season all contain elements that were informed by the

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Quintanilla Arquitectos creates shaded sports complex in Mexican town

June 17, 2022 James Brillon 0

Mexican studio Quintanilla Arquitectos has created the Cárdenas sports complex and skate park in the town of Cañales, which contains a pair of sports courts covered by a concrete structure. Built to increase the sports facilities in the town of Cárdenas in the southern state of Tabasco, the Cañales complex contains a covered basketball court as well as a

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Big Air Shougang set to host ski jumping at Beijing Winter Olympics

February 3, 2022 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Big Air Shougang venue at Beijing Winter Olympics

Chinese studio TeamMinus has designed a ski jump to host big air events at the 2022 Winter Olympics on the site of a former steelworks in Beijing. Created as the first permanent venue for big air events in the world, the 60-metre-high ski jump will host the ski and snowboard big air competitions at the Olympics, which begin this week. It

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Dezeen’s guide to the architecture of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics

February 2, 2022 Nat Barker 0

With the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics due to commence on 4 February, Dezeen rounds up the most architecturally significant venues, including a new stadium by Populous and the world’s first permanent structure for big air extreme snow jumping. The majority of the venues for the upcoming Winter Games are not new, with some built as

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Stadium in giant tent completes ahead of World Cup in Qatar

December 6, 2021 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Multidisciplinary studio Dar Al-Handasah has completed the 60,000-seat Al Bayt Stadium in the Qatari city of Al Khor for the FIFA 2022 World Cup. Set to host the football tournament’s opening game next November, the stadium is defined by its distinctive tent-like structure. Built in the northern port city of Al Khor, the Al Bayt Stadium was named

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Foster + Partners-designed Lusail Stadium among eight completed FIFA World Cup venues

November 23, 2021 James Parkes 0

Tournament venues designed by Foster + Partners and Zaha Hadid Architects feature among the completed stadiums for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. Construction has now completed on Lusail Stadium, which was designed by British studio Foster + Partners and will host the final game of the 2022 FIFA World Cup. With Lusail, the largest

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Steel mesh wraps Nike’s LeBron James Innovation Center by Olson Kundig

October 8, 2021 Jenna McKnight 0

A full-size basketball court and a 200-metre track are among the spaces found inside a large, metal-clad building designed by US firm Olson Kundig on the Nike campus in Oregon. The LeBron James Innovation Center is part of the 300-acre (121-hectare) Nike World Headquarters in Beaverton, Oregon. The new facility is named after the basketball

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Nikken Sekkei’s Ariake Gymnastics Centre celebrates timber construction

September 22, 2021 Jon Astbury 0

Ariake Gymnastics Centre by Nikken Sekke

One of the largest timber-framed roofs in the world spans 90 metres over the arena of the Ariake Gymnastics Centre in Tokyo, designed by Japanese practice Nikken Sekkei for the delayed 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The structure, located a short distance from Tokyo’s centre in Koto City, was originally unveiled in 2019 and has been

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desert forms influence sandy pink concrete skatepark on the northern border of mexico

August 24, 2021 ACOLECTIVA 0

la duna skatepark is the new proposal for a public space dedicated to sport on the northern border of mexico designed in collaboration with a group of architects.
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